Comments on: four reasons why i won’t watch precious

By: pinkthought

pinkthought — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:51:20 +0000

Just read this and had to say, co-sign 100%. Especially #2 and 3. Not a fan of the “save-a-ho” stories.

By: Aicha

Aicha — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:51:23 +0000

I bumped into this blog while googling on the net and I must say that I see something coming back a lot in the African-American way of thinking. One of your reasons for not watching Precious was because of “White to much lighter people saving the darkies from themselves”. I will disregard the ‘white’ but will comment on the ‘much lighter people’ part. Isn’t Paula Patton a black woman? Why must you make that division and emphasize the lighter person saving the blacker person? Why not just view it as a black woman helping out a black girl who grew up in a dysfunctional household? The worst enemies of black are the black people themselves. The story of precious is a universal one. This movie did not come from a white director trying to make blacks look bad. It came from a black director trying to raise awareness. This sh*t exists within black as well as white families. Try to look at the message instead of the color. As long as y’all concentrate on that none will move forward but only point fingers back at each other. It’s a pity.
My 2cents.

-A

By: amoja three rivers

amoja three rivers — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:26:42 +0000

Champ, intelligent, articulate & congenitally hip Black Women, such as yourself, are my True Love. So satisfying to find a Sista putting into words the uneasy, inchoate miasma that churns in my gut when I think about seeing Precious.

Now I love Saphire. She is my home girl from the NYC Black/Lesbian Renaissance of the late 70′s-80′s, when we discovered our wings, our claws & our glory, creating, sharing, performing poetry, song, dance, film, art & theater, in the tenament temples of Bronx & Brooklyn salons. Squashed together on carpet, leaning & laying on pillows & each other, we dared to midwife our pain into tsunamis of self-perpetuating creativity
. We said to each other “yes we can”, long before Obama sloganed it. And Saphire was one of our Queen Mothers. So you can understand my love & my pride in what she has achieved.

I loved her book, “Push” although it was an emotional body slam. I want very much to see Precious & yet I can’t bring myself to go. I don’t know if or when I will ever be ready to see my girl’s movie. So much of it I have already lived. So much of what I have lived remains unhealed to this day, tho Creator knows I have dedicated my life to regaining birthright wholeness.

Yet, I urge alla y’all, especially the brothas, especially aynone who has made fun of the fat girl in class, especially those who have never told anyone about happened to them in the dark, to please go see “Precious”. Take someone with you to hold your hand, figuratively if not literally. See it where the audience is not mostly white. You need “family” around you.

Saphire once told me about something I wrote, & it sustains me still: “It’s your WORK. If it’s good, It doesn’t have to be pretty. It needs to be read & it needs to be heard.” Go see “Precious”, my kin.
theMoja

By: legitimate_soul

legitimate_soul — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:13 +0000

I know I said I was probably gonna see “Precious” and I even won free movie tickets as a bridal shower prize, but I haven’t been able to do it yet for many of the reasons posted.

By: Smiley :)

Smiley :) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:07:32 +0000

Precious is a good movie. We (blacks) cant go on with this racism stuff because our race was not the only race signaled out. Every race is signaled out in every movie. Its typical to say “why the white girl always gotta go do something stupid, why would she go to the place where she think the killer at?” then say “if i was there i would have…” I believe precious is only stating another dramatic situation in a random persons life, because this could happen to other people all of which are diffrent races. What if the actors were white, then what would you have to say. You most likely have a problem with this movie because precious situation is typical of more of a black race and yeah you are right, but this is not only a situation shared by blacks its by maybe more than half of the world. Please WATCH THE MOVIE its great. Im 16 and it inspired me. No i may not have her parents but i have been through half of her problems.

By: NoDap

NoDap — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:32:09 +0000

I saw the movie and thought it was great on many levels (great cast selection, character development, plot, etc.). I think it is interesting that you (and others) have so many bold comments about a movie that you have never seen. Most of your points reflect the surface level commentary from others in the media about a movie that does more than highlight the plight of black people. Some of the take home messages/themes about this movie transcend race. Is it threatening to you or others that the movie (like Good Hair) appeals to non-blacks and tells much needed stories?

As others have mentioned Oprah and Tyler Pyler provided the finanical backing to deliver the empowering message from this movie to a larger audience – neither directed it.

I highly recommend that you see the movie for yourself.

By: L

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:12:57 +0000

@cam1ll3,

Octavia Butler (I truly believe she is a genius)

By: mindyours

mindyours — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:10 +0000

i just saw the movie it was pretty good

The colorism threw me off though, and it made me sad I paid $9.50 to go see it. It’s so apparent in the movie. Why couldnt they get someone darker to play the heroes?? I mean Sherri Shepard helps a little bit in the movie, but Blu (the teacher) is supposed to be dark!!!! I realize the book and the movie are not the same but damn.

I find in hard to believe they could find ay dark actors/actresses to be in the movie as good. Hell Gabby Union can’t act but it would have been great to see her as Blu or the one lady that plays the attorney of Law and Order:SVU. They always have her looking a mess but she’s really pretty??????

By: Caramel Eclair

Caramel Eclair — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:12:22 +0000

WOW! I have a “sad face” at this post… I am really shocked..1) As black folks we should show more support for our movies. A movie’s success and subsequent black movie making depends on how well each and every black film does at the box office…I always go see the “black movies” on opening weekend regardless of how i feel about the plot. (“White” movies that i really want to see I see after opening weekend and at matinee pricing.) 2.) what’s with the color issue yet again? i really hadn’t even noticed that until I read this post “very sad face” and i live/grew up in the deep south where colorism./racism is alive, well, and thriving. 3) i read “Push” in about 4 hrs at work..the book itself was VERy disturbingand I still missed the color issue i thought the biggest issues were sexual abuse, low self esteem, the system failing our youth (and yes our black youth) and poverty 4) go see the damn movie! then state your opinion…Hell if no one ever supports any attempt to feature black actors ,writers, director,s producers, etc. there never will be that film that depicts us in the positive light! I was upset that the film came out in limited release…then the full opening weekend is the same weekend as “New Moon” which film you think is gonna top the box office? right! new moon…”The man” still makes all attempts to see us FAIL! Because of all the oscar hype and the sundance film award winner “the man” does not want this movie to succeed and by most of these posts neither do we!!!
As for themovie the blind side…once again I live in memphis, TN and it is a based on the true story of Michael Orr I hope it was done right (i’ll be seeing it the week after opening week at a matinee cause it’s not produced by us but is a story about 1 of us!) You have got to see the bigger picture here people!!!WAKE UP!!!!!
just my .08 cents “wink”

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